Phyllida Law

The mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, and widow of MAGIC ROUNDABOUT creator Eric Thompson, Scottish born Phyllida Law has been working her own particular brand of magic on film, television and theatre since the early sixties. Her many television credits include UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY, POIROT, MIDSOMER MURDERS, MONARCH OF THE GLEN, WAKING THE DEAD and ROSEMARY & THYME. In the cinema she has appeared in HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS, PETER'S FRIENDS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, EMMA, ANNA KARENINA, THE WINTER GUEST, SAVING GRACE and NANNY McPHEE.

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